Lone Star Finale After Seeing New Proof

Warning: SPOILERS forward for 9-1-1: Lone Star season 5.Whereas I’m devastated that 9-1-1: Lone Star is coming to an finish, the sequence finale is completely poised to provide Rob Lowe’s main man a heartbreaking sendoff. Lowe has been the centerpiece of 9-1-1: Lone Star’s forged because the spinoff first launched in 2020, however his character Owen Strand solely has one factor left to do: die. Since his first scenes within the sequence, Owen has been residing on borrowed time in 9-1-1: Lone Star. Whereas he beat his most cancers and escaped numerous close to misses within the subject, Owen’s dying is— and all the time has been— inevitable.

Even earlier than information of 9-1-1: Lone Star’s cancelation broke, indicators have been pointing to Owen transferring on from the 126. 9-1-1: Lone Star season 5 doubled down by giving Owen the chance to maneuver again to New York, but it surely was apparent nothing would actually come of that provide. In my favourite narrative alternative in years for the Ryan Murphy procedural, 9-1-1: Lone Star finale is organising a hero’s dying for Owen to finish the sequence.

9-1-1: Lone Star’s Penultimate Episode Gives Extra Proof That Owen Will Die

“Impression” Proved Owen’s Story Has Run Its Course

Whereas I assumed the trailer alone for “Impression” (9-1-1: Lone Star season 5, episode 11) set the stage for Owen’s dying, the precise episode solely left extra hints that turned my hunch right into a certainty. Though Owen initially rejected the Hearth Chief place with the NYFD to assist Judson “Judd” Ryder navigate his sobriety journey, episode 11 promptly backtracked and revealed that Owen was already planning to depart Texas earlier than the information of an approaching asteroid hit. The asteroid could present a few of 9-1-1: Lone Star’s most intense rescues, however the fallout hasn’t been revealed but.

What’s extra regarding than his leaving the 126 is how the characters mentioned Owen in episode 11. Judd and Owen’s son, TK (Ronen Rubinstein), share an impromptu heart-to-heart within the ambulance bay. Of their brief chat, the dialog (like most conversations in 9-1-1: Lone Star) finally leads again to Owen. Each males swear that Owen saved their lives; in a snapshot, it’s candy. In context with the whole lot else, it’s the beginning of a eulogy. 9-1-1: Lone Star even put Owen in direct hazard by teasing him failing to cease an impending nuclear meltdown.

How 9-1-1: Lone Star Advantages From Owen’s Dying

It Would Be A Excellent Bookend For The Sequence Plot

I’ll concede that Rob Lowe has achieved a beautiful job together with his character within the final 5 years, however I nonetheless insist that Owen’s dying is strictly what 9-1-1: Lone Star wants from a storytelling perspective. To borrow from 9-1-1: Lone Star’s showrunner Rashad Raisani, “the worst circumstances of life will deliver out the very best in individuals.” Even in dying, Owen might proceed serving his individuals. Owen dying might assist Judd keep dedicated to his restoration, free the remainder of the 126 to discover their particular person happiness, and probably save the lifetime of his paramedic counterpart.

When Gina Torres arrived as Tommy Vega in 9-1-1: Lone Star season 2, my curiosity within the present elevated tenfold. In one in every of my least favourite selections the present has ever made, 9-1-1: Lone Star season 5 abruptly identified Tommy with breast most cancers. Although she was present process therapy, her well being took a flip for the worst within the penultimate episode. But, Owen’s dying might pave the best way for a miraculous restoration, because the present wouldn’t kill off two most important characters. It’s not that Tommy’s life is any extra invaluable than Owen’s, however his dying makes extra sense narratively talking.

What Owen’s Dying Means For 9-1-1: Lone Star’s Legacy

Simply Like His Brothers And Sisters Earlier than Him, Owen Would Die For A Trigger

Owen dying can be the right approach to tie up 9-1-1: Lone Star’s story, however it might even be a significant full circle second. The fictional firefighters and paramedics of the 126 have displayed unwavering bravery in 9-1-1: Lone Star, however the procedural hasn’t shied away from the hazards of their line of labor. Owen was all the time anchored by his reminiscence of the 9/11 tragedy, and the pilot episode catastrophe left Judd because the lone surviving member of the 126. Owen might pay tribute to the numerous first responders who sacrificed their lives by following of their footsteps.

Although it could appear counter-intuitive, Owen’s dying would even be one of the best ways to protect his character. The procedural hasn’t killed off such an necessary character because the finish of 9-1-1: Lone Star season 4, when Gabriel Reyes (Benito Martinez) was murdered. Letting Owen go within the finale would guarantee he stays unsullied and dies a hero relatively than proceed his story within the franchise’s universe and danger ruining him. All good issues should come to an finish, and 9-1-1: Lone Star is not any exception. Now, the present should comply with via with a tragic but vital most important character dying.

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9-1-1: Lone Star concludes Monday at 8 ET on Fox.